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Old June 6th 2010, 08:09
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Well, I take it rather easy on the Ring, but driving there in a bug is much more fun

Yesterday I drove 325 km (200 miles) to Bitburg, ran 8 low 12-second runs and drove the 200 miles back home.
Best pass was a 12.04 at 114.8 mph, but it turned out that my clutch was slipping everytime boost came in hard...so no 11's still
I was very amazed the clutch holded it as long as it did, but obviously the dynorun in one single gear is a lot different then running slicks and letting the torque loose. My 60 ft times were therfore rather poor (1.9-2.0). First tun was a 1.77 but that was at a lower boost.

One of the runs (more on my y-tube account):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clsjH8uGd4s

On the way home on an unlimited part of the german Autobahn I let the car run, trying out if the front splitter helped at all. Last high speed run was a little scary, but this time it still felt rather stable. Unfortunately a bend in the road (which was taken well over 200 km/h) and traffic made me not prolong the run. Boost was about 17 psi. Towards 5800 rpm in 5th gear the digital speedo read a max of 220 km/h (137 mph):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jTdDENIXwY
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